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chachalaca

US/ˌt͡ʃɑ.t͡ʃəˈlɑ.kə/

chachalaca noun: any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.

chachalaca: any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans
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Noun

chachalaca (plural chachalacas)

  1. Any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.

chachalaca meaning in Tamil

chachalaca in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of chachalaca

pluralchachalacas

Origin of chachalaca

Late 19th century. From South American Spanish chachalaca, from Classical Nahuatl chachalacani (“tattler, gossiper”), from chāchalāni (“to make a hubbub, create an uproar”).

Words formed from chachalaca

Words that rhyme with chachalaca

Questions about chachalaca

What does chachalaca mean?
Chachalaca means any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.
What is chachalaca in Tamil?
Chachalaca in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Chachalaca meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chachalaca?
Chachalaca is a noun.
How do you pronounce chachalaca?
Chachalaca is pronounced /ˌt͡ʃɑ.t͡ʃəˈlɑ.kə/ (US).
What is the plural of chachalaca?
The plural of chachalaca is chachalacas.

Words near chachalaca in the dictionary

  1. chacha
  2. chachacha
  3. chachachas
  4. chachachá
  5. chachachás
  6. chachalaca
  7. chachalacas
  8. chacham
  9. chachamim
  10. Chachana
  11. Chachapoya

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chachalaca (page history and authors); chachalaca (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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